Bharat Bhushan Ashu, the Congress campaigner for the Ludhiana West Assembly bypoll, connected Saturday attacked the AAP authorities successful Punjab implicit his summons successful a onshore misuse case, saying if helium truly had power successful the Vigilance Bureau, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann did not merit to clasp connected to his seat adjacent for a day.
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Ashu’s remarks came a time aft the Punjab authorities placed Jagatpreet Singh, SSP (Vigilance), Ludhiana, nether suspension, with authorities curate Tarunpreet Singh Sond claiming that the SSP issued summons to Ashu to “favour” him.
He besides claimed that a “conspiracy orchestrated by Ashu to summation governmental sympathy up of the by-election has been exposed”.
Asked to remark connected AAP’s assertion that helium himself got the summons issued by the SSP to summation sympathy, Ashu said, “If that is true, don’t you deliberation Bhagwant Mann, who heads the Home and Vigilance departments, should resign for having nary power implicit the bureau?”
The Congress person besides claimed that the AAP was wholly “frustrated and panic-stricken” arsenic the crushed was slipping from beneath their feet.
The bypoll to the Ludhiana West Assembly spot volition instrumentality spot connected June 19 and the results volition beryllium retired connected June 23. The spot fell vacant pursuing the decease of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi successful January.
Sondh connected Friday alleged that the vigilance announcement to Ashu “was portion of a deceitful ploy devised by the Congress leader”.
A probe recovered that the vigilance SSP who issued the summons was a erstwhile classmate and adjacent person of Ashu, Sondh alleged.
The Vigilance Bureau connected Thursday summoned Ashu successful transportation with a lawsuit of misuse of schoolhouse onshore successful Ludhiana, successful which the allegations pertained to cheating, transgression breach of spot and forgery.
“AAP’s lone purpose contiguous is to loot and rob arsenic overmuch arsenic it can, knowing good that its clip is limited. But it volition beryllium held accountable for each and each penny it looted from the radical of Punjab,” Ashu said.
“Now it is implicating maine successful mendacious cases. But the rhythm of justness volition instrumentality a afloat crook and everybody volition beryllium held accountable,” helium added.
Asked astir the upcoming bypoll, the Congress nominee said, “It is for the radical of Ludhiana to decide. I permission it to their judgement by presenting my lawsuit earlier them.”
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